STREAM
flow, stream
(noun) the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
current, stream
(noun) a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); “the raft floated downstream on the current”; “he felt a stream of air”; “the hose ejected a stream of water”
stream, flow, current
(noun) dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; “two streams of development run through American history”; “stream of consciousness”; “the flow of thought”; “the current of history”
stream, watercourse
(noun) a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
stream, flow
(noun) something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; “a stream of people emptied from the terminal”; “the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors”
stream
(verb) exude profusely; “She was streaming with sweat”; “His nose streamed blood”
pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
(verb) move in large numbers; “people were pouring out of the theater”; “beggars pullulated in the plaza”
stream, well out
(verb) flow freely and abundantly; “Tears streamed down her face”
stream
(verb) to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; “their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind”
pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
(verb) rain heavily; “Put on your rain coat-- it’s pouring outside!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stream (plural streams)
A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
(sciences, umbrella term) All moving waters.
(computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
(figurative) A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
(UK, education) A division of a school year by perceived ability.
A live stream.
Synonyms
• (small river): beck, brook, burn
Hyponyms
• (small river): rill
• (moving water): river
Verb
stream (third-person singular simple present streams, present participle streaming, simple past and past participle streamed)
(intransitive) To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
(intransitive) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
(transitive) To discharge in a stream.
(Internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
Anagrams
• 'maters, Amster, METARs, Master, armest, armets, master, mastre, maters, matres, metras, ramets, ramset, remast, tamers, tremas, trĂ©mas
Proper noun
Stream (plural Streams)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stream is the 32524th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 707 individuals. Stream is most common among White (91.65%) individuals.
Anagrams
• 'maters, Amster, METARs, Master, armest, armets, master, mastre, maters, matres, metras, ramets, ramset, remast, tamers, tremas, trĂ©mas
Source: Wiktionary
Stream, n. Etym: [AS. streám; akin to OFries. stram, OS. strom, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str, Dan. & Sw. ström, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. sru. *174. Cf. Catarrh, Diarrhea, Rheum, Rhythm.]
1. A current water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.
2. A beam or ray of light. "Sun streams." Chaucer.
3. Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. "The stream of beneficence." Atterbury. "The stream of emigration." Macaulay.
4. A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. "The very stream of his life." Shak.
5. Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners. Gulf stream. See under Gulf.
– Stream anchor, Stream cable. (Naut.) See under Anchor, and Cable.
– Stream ice, blocks of ice floating in a mass together in some definite direction.
– Stream tin, particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; -- so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel.
– Stream works (Cornish Mining), a place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked. Ure.
– To float with the stream, figuratively, to drift with the current of opinion, custom, etc., so as not to oppose or check it.
Syn.
– Current; flow; rush; tide; course.
– Stream, Current. These words are often properly interchangeable; but stream is the broader word, denoting a prevailing onward course. The stream of the Mississippi rolls steadily on to the Gulf of Mexico, but there are reflex currents in it which run for a while in a contrary direction.
Stream, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Streamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Streaming.]
1. To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes. Beneath those banks where rivers stream. Milton.
2. To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams. A thousand suns will stream on thee. Tennyson.
3. To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.
4. To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.
Stream, v. t.
Definition: To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears. It may so please that she at length will stream Some dew of grace into my withered heart. Spenser.
2. To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts. The herald's mantle is streamed with gold. Bacon.
3. To unfurl. Shak. To stream the buoy. (Naut.) See under Buoy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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